Great Class
My Scrum class was 2 days of intensive learning which was fun and activity-filled. Steve was a great professor, very engaging and knowledgeable. He was also respectful.
Stella Andrew
Enjoyable and engaging
Enjoyable and engaging
Steve and Andy ran a really good course with plenty of interactivity, and breakout sessions. Remote learning has become the norm over the last couple of years and this was an excellent example of how to do it well. The content was really well thought out and presented and I think all the delegates learned a great deal.
I was quite intense and perhaps would benefit from being perhaps half a day longer, but if you're willing to learn you will get a lot out of this.
Brilliant trainers and worht every penny. Thank you
James Dawkins
Very thorough. Would Recommend 100%
Steve and Andy were passionate, knowledgable and very approachable in their approach to teaching.
The class was engaging, thought-provoking and has opened my eyes as to what Scrum really is.
Anyone that wants to gain their PSM-1 or just learn more about Scrum, I would highly recommend this class.
Valentine Bott
Great interactive and intensive course…
Great interactive and intensive course with good time to work with others from our company
Wendy Eldred
Very good course well presented to keep…
Very good course well presented to keep students interested. Concern about how this will be implemented.
Martin Boonham
Engaging and well presented
Andy and Steve presented this course in a fantastic way. Delivering training remotely is not easy but both Steve and Andy made it engaging, this was certainly not death by Powerpoint.
This was delivered at a decent pace with regular breaks at just the right time. The material covered was relevant, highly informative, and focused on topic.
John H
Professional Scrum Master Course
The Professional Scrum Master course was both thought provoking, engaging, and challenging one's understanding of the scrum master role. The course was excellently led by Steve Trapps and Andy Hiles.
Thomas B. Simonsen
Fantastic course
Fantastic course, really enjoyed it. Both trainers were equally professional in their delivery, and their knowledge examples and background experiences, helped my learning to be enjoyable.
Melody Porter
A very enjoyable and educative course
A very enjoyable and educative course. The tandem between the trainers - Andy Hiles and Steve Trapp - in delivering the course content was excellent. They were both very knowledgeable and "switched on" on the subject matters discussed, giving real life examples, leveraged off their unique experiences in the product management industry
Gerald Orizu
Brilliant course ran by Andy and Steve
Brilliant course ran by Andy and Steve, easily the best training course I've ever been on. Very interactive, everyone was fully engaged for the full two days. Would highly recommend.
Ben West
Amazing training experience!
Amazing training experience!
Santiago Lo Bianco
Liked the way it was organised and…
Liked the way it was organised and presented. Very useful information and presented nicely. Session was more interactive the way we wanted. How this can be used in our organisation with alignment to our need was bit confusing. Overall it was delivered and taught efficiently.
Dinesh Kumar M
It was an excellent and engaging class
It was an excellent and engaging class
Saji Puthenparampil Gopi
Awesome class with Andy and Steve
Awesome class with Andy and Steve, their depth of knowledge on Scrum master is outstanding. Would highly recommend them!
Ben Irons
First class course
First class course - one of the best I have attended.
Good thought has gone into making this interactive and engaging.
My brain was fried at the end of the two days!
Nick Barrett
Steve and Andy did an incredible job on…
Steve and Andy did an incredible job on making the long days fly by with engaging visuals, collaborative exercises, and by never going too far into something without a break. This is how all online classes should be conducted, we used Mural which was a great visual tool that was fun to use, easy to follow along and allowed for ease of understanding. My favorite part of the course was that we did an exercise where we "mocked" a sprint and product as is we were in a real company. It was a perfect way to learn concepts in a real world way and this is how all learning should head towards. I am looking into getting more certifications is they are the ones doing it. I had a great time and just really respected the professionalism, dedication, and engagement you both brought.
Kyle Watson
Great experience and trainers
Steve and Andy are a great trainers team to join. Great spirit and dynamic, pretty amazing training concept, very interactive and inspiring. I love to recommend the PSMII course and the reasons are: have time to reflect and exchange valuable experiences across the different participants and trainers and learn from each other to make changes happen.
Patrycja Althajm
Steven Trapps and Andy Hiles delivered…
Steven Trapps and Andy Hiles delivered the course exceptionally. This course will benefit any new Scrum Master.
HARJINDER SINGH
Excellence in a neat tidy package.
Andy and Steve provided a lot of interesting and helpful information in a fun and informal setting that made it easy to go through and understand the fundamentals of scrum and the more intricate side of scrum.
As time went on throughout the course, I found my appreciation and understanding for SCRUM improving and my appreciation for a good burger!
In addition to answering any and all questions about scrum as the course progressed, Steve and Andy never made you feel silly for asking questions and welcomed it at any point to make sure that we understand Scrum in a thorough and robust manner.
Kristofer Turner
Incredible class
Incredible class. The content was delivered in a very engaging way and the workshop/roleplay session really helped hammer home the value of scrum
Aaron Collis
Highly recommended
I attended the two day Applying Professional Scrum class in October 2021 and was really impressed. Lots of effort had gone into to making the content dynamic and interactive, which made the information easier to absorb and remember. The two trainers, Steve Trapps and Andy Hiles were helpful, friendly and extremely knowledgable.
Claire Winterbottom
Great experience of the APS class
I took the APS class with Steve Trapps and Andy Hiles. As someone that has been on these type of things before, covering similar material, it was a breath of fresh air to find it extremely engaging, entertaining and educational.
It is a very thought through course with great real-world examples that force one to think further than the base material available in the Scrum guide. It truly stretches your knowledge and understanding of how best practice should look, making you question the work I am doing and how I might improve it for myself and the team I work with as soon as possible, not sure what more one could want!
Zach Jens Stratenwerth
I've really enjoyed the course
I've really enjoyed the course. It was dynamic and also very complete in many aspects. Bonus: Andy and Steve had real experience as a software engineers that was so helpful.
customer
Excellent course ran by two of the nicest experts in Scrum
Steve and Andy ran a very well organised and most importantly, a fun and useful PSM course. The materials and activities really did expose us to what Scrum is really about and all concepts are presented in an easy to understand manner. The discussions with other peers were also invaluable and showed that the problems we encountered are not unique. Highly recommended course and I promise you that you will come out of it a better Scrum Master!
Jin Voon
Applying Professional Scrum course - Really well organised and informative…
Really well organised and informative class. I did the online class and was great to work with people all around the world and hear their experiences of Scrum. Online tools were used to make the class really interactive and there was the right amount of teaching and practical exercises. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn more about Scrum or prepare for a Scrum certification!
Fiona D
Excellent Course, Superb Trainers!
Excellent 2 day training for Professional Scrum Master, Andy and Steve were superb in the delivery and taking us through the training with lots of personal references and stories. Although this was a 2 day training course all on Teams, it didn't feel like you were just sat on Teams all day, very engaging and inclusive, allowing for some really good collaboration with the whole team. Highly recommend.
Tim Greasley
A great remote course on Scrum from…
A great remote course on Scrum from Steve and Andy. This was one of the best paced, most engaging courses I've ever been on, in-person or remote. Having the two trainers really kept the energy levels up. The creative use of break out rooms in Zoom worked brilliantly and meant that the participants weren't always just listening or talking to the same people. And Steve and Andy's use of Mural for collabortaion worked very well. Recommended.
Jon Hallett
Great course & trainers
The Professional Scrum Product Owner course, facilitated by Andy & Steve was a fantastic couple of days learning. Prior to this I had various different experiences of what I thought or had been told was Scrum, but Andy & Steve helped clarify the framework, roles and application. I'd recommend the course to anyone thinking of developing their understanding or any organisation that is trying to deliver better products to customers.
David Hagerty
You won't be Disappointed - Steve and Jasper are the BEST
This training was really life-changing and I don't say that lightly - it was life-changing because it really challenged me to change my mindset and way of thinking and basically unlearn literally all I have learnt in my career thus far.
That's not a bad thing, but it's also not easy and Jasper and Steve acknowledged this. I absolutely appreciate how honest and open they both were about the practicalities of applying what we were learning to real life.
I have been on other professional training and attended seminars and lectures countless times and I can truly say this is one of the top if not the very best training I have ever attended. So engaging, so practical, very fun. I love the way the three trainers bounced off each other and it is clear they are in complete control of all that is happening. There's also a community that you immediately become a part of by being on this training and that's amazing, because it gives me confidence that as time passes and I encounter issues or have questions, I can always turn to the Scrum Facilitators for help.
I can't say enough about this training and the trainers, so suffice it to say that you will be HELLA glad you paid for it.
Steve, Jasper, Swen-Peter, Just want to say thank you again and I will definitely be in touch in the coming weeks and months as I try to put everything you taught me into practice :)
Chrisma Kwashie
This was a great course- really…
This was a great course- really informative and engaging.
There was plenty of interactive elements even though the course took place via video conference and it was great to learn from real life experiences of both the course leads and the fellow participants.
James Underwood
Scrum feedback
I thought the way both instructors engaged the whole class & ran in a virtual world was brilliant and really enjoyed the course.
Matthew walker
Great class
Great class: very interactive learning, fun and with a lot of practical activities even in an online based session.
Andy and Steve are really keeping you focussed and engaged through the day making the lesson interesting and dynamic.
Highly recommend!!
Alessandro Picciafuoco
This was a virtual Teams class
This was a virtual class held through Teams (2021 you know). I was very pleased with how interactive it was and the level of presentation. 2 days went extremely fast and contained good amount of information. Being a Scrum Master needs of course much more than that, but this is really a good start. Thank you Andy and Steve.
Filip Pokorny
This course was great!
This course was great!
Steve and Andy have a great rapport with each other which they quickly extend to all of those attending. The lively chat between the two of them creates a great atmosphere for learning and makes them both really easy to ask any questions you may have.
They have honed this course for remote learning, with frequent breaks and great interactive material and activities.
I would recommend this course to anyone, but especially if you want to get started with Scrum.
Alasdair Toyn
Steve and Andy are fantastic trainers
Steve and Andy are fantastic trainers, agreat blend of professionally excellent and personable they made the two day course fly by. Steve and Andy kept the course engaging over Zoom and we're considerate of our needs as participants (i.e breaks). Two days after the course I took the PSM1 course and passed so I couldn't recommend them enough.
Jack Robinson
Great workshop, I'd highly recommend!
Steve and Andy did a great job, not only of walking through all the parts key to Scrum but also coaching how to go on and apply it. Really interesting workshop with a good mix of taught elements, interactivity, and challenging participants understanding. I'd highly recommend attending one of their classes, and would love to take another in the future!
Mark H.
Very informative and interactive course…
Very informative and interactive course with an engaging format
Michelle Morton
Excellent refresher training with the added bonus of cross-team experience sharing
The course was entertaining, engaging and with the multiple break outs a good opportunity to share and compare experiences across our multiple teams and accountabilities. I'm glad I have been a participant of this training.
Ralf Engels
The training was fantastic
The training was fantastic, interactive, informative and no matter what experience you had with Scrum, agile or PO the training offered something. Steve and Andy clearly have bags of experience, so are teaching from a base of doing and understanding, which just made the course run so well, the additional insights they could give through experience really helped hammer home the messages.
Thank you!
Richard Hudson
Good overview of Scrum
The class was good overview of the current Scrum fundamentals. Went well with hosting this a virtual class. Great use of the virtual tools.
Kerry
Interactive
Interactive, Precise and Fun Course!
I had the pleasure of attending the PSM I course that was led by Andy Hiles and Steve Trapps. They are like peas in a pod, working together in such harmony that it seemed like a well directed play :) They truly went out of their way to engage, interact and help us understand the key concepts behind Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master. I've heard from colleagues that this course was one of the BEST ones they have attended till date, and I concur with them.
Even though the 2 days were completely virtual, I was never bored even for a moment. The breaks were accurate and timeboxed to perfection. The content delivery was spot on, all I had to do was to go through the Scrum guide, refer to the classroom notes before taking the assessment. I passed at the first attempt!
Kudos to you two! Keep doing what you are doing :)
Sandeep Selvakumar
Remote course - really well done!
I attended this course remotely, and I have to say it was ran, structure and facilitated extremely well by Steve Trapps.
Great balance of visuals, listening and conversations. Engaging from start to finish, and provided real thought provoking education.
No question was ignored, helped relate our own experiences to the content of the topic we were on, which really brought it to life in our own professional circumstances.
Highly recommend! Don't be put off by being remote. This a finely tuned remote course that just makes it work really well.
Jason Sinden
Awesome class - PSMll with Steve Trapps
Awesome class - really knowledgable instructor (Steve Trapps) who created a great environment for our two day PSMll course. Really enjoyed understanding the different stances of the scrum master. and the different areas of coaching. Also met a great bunch of like minded professional scrum masters - bonus 🙌
Becky
so great
so great! really relate-able
Emily Harrison
Excellent course
Excellent course, energetic and engaging and useful practical examples to bring to life your learning and to apply to your working context (also helped pass the exam :-))
Will Halliday
Fantastic - 10/10
This has been one of the best training seminars I have ever attended! Andy & Steve combined their vast wealth of professional knowledge with a great sense of joviality and a captivating teaching style that kept their audience engaged. All of this was achieved via Webex, which really goes to show how good Andy & Steve are. They successfully overcame technology barriers and delivered the training better online than many courses I've experienced face to face.
James Spencer
Wonderful experience
Great experience and amazing tactics by Andy and Steve.
C.D. Tiwari
A fantastic PSPO 2 day course!
I really enjoyed the 2-day course and found it a really beneficial couple of days.
Steve and Ziryan were fantastic trainers, providing a wealth of experience and knowledge.
I was concerned before the course, it would be just an extended session looking at how to pass the certification and was pleasantly surprised with how to course was interactive and gave actual tools and techniques to use in the future.
I loved the multi-culture feel of the group and spending time with people situated in different countries, making some new connections and friends for the future.
Steven Brown
Andy and Steve did a great job!
Andy and Steve were great delivering their PSM course, I definitely learned a lot and they managed to keep me hooked every second of those two intense days. Thank you!
Jorge Alvarez Jarreta
A fantastic course
A fantastic course, interactive and fun. I particularly loved having a mix of Dutch and British attendees led by Scrum Facilitators and Steve Trapps. The course was good value for money and the use of Mural and Zoom with remote rooms in addition to the format and planning was excellent. Great bunch of people too.
Michael
Both the trainer are energetic and…
Both the trainer are energetic and active , kept everyone involved throughout the training duration
Prasad
PSM2 with Steve Trapps and Andy Hiles
Steve and Andy were absolutely brilliant. It was a well laid out interactive course. I learnt more on everything I already know which was fantastic. Highly recommend Steve and Andy...
Warran Mavrodaris
Excellent Course, thoroughly enjoyed!
Thoroughly enjoyed my PSM 1 course, which was lead by Steve + Andy. The course was interactive, fun, and allowed to meet new people and discuss different experiences of scrum use in current day to day organisations which I found to be a real benefit.
Steve + Andy really got across the importance and benefits of scrum, and even despite being a virtual online class, it was still interactive and I still feel that I got the same knowledge from the class as I would have done in person. This was originally a concern for me, however having been on the course, I would happily sign up for a virtual course again.
This was the first scrum.org certification that I have obtained, but due to the teaching style, and nature of the course it won't be the last. Looking forward to the next course!
Brad
Engaging, interactive and really solidified the scrum theory for me!
Engaging, interactive and really solidified the scrum theory for me! The digital experience was great and I found both Steve and Andy to be extremely knowledgable and helpful throughout the two day course. I would highly recommend this course to scrum masters , or anyone working with scrum , I found it highly valuable!
Becky
PSPO cert. course with Steve and Andy
I attended the virtual training with Steve and Andy in mid-September 2020. The course - and its delivery - surpassed any expectations I had. I do believe that my learnings here aided in my passing of the PSPOI certificate on the first go!
Both Andy and Steve are highly knowledgeable, professional and easy-going, which made for a very relaxed, yet intense, working environment. With many real life examples and exercises, the time seemed to fly by.
I left full equipped with knowledge & tools to immediately implement them into my work (as a Product Owner) and to pass the certificate.
Fantastic course - highly recommend both the course and the instructors.
Sue-Ann Marquis
The course was excellent and covered…
The course was excellent and covered all areas required in for me to understand SCRUM and successfully pass the PSPO certification exam. Despite the course being remote due to COVID-19 restrictions, the tools used made it incredibly interactive and fun.
Oliver Barnett
PSM & PSPO course May 2020
PSM & PSPO course May 2020
Due to Covid-19 the course I attended was held over zoom, this did not in any way take away from the excellent training Steve and Andy provided. The course was enaging, fun and very informative.
Steve and Andy ensured everyone was engaged and the use of activities and breakout rooms gave the perfect opportunity to talk to other attendees and further my understanding of the course material.
I would highly recommend Steve and Andy and would love to join another of their courses in the future.
Eleanor Akeroyd
We had to take this class virtually due…
We had to take this class virtually due to being in lockdown but this didn't hamper the course one bit. Steve & Andy ran it really well, kept the pace good throughout, always checked on people to make sure everything was understood & made it fun. I'd thoroughly recommend taking this course & using these guys!
Mr Paulo Lewandowski
Excellent course
Excellent course, delivered brilliantly via an online class. I was really nervous about doing the course online however Steve and Andy made it really interactive and enjoyable while still covering everything we needed to know.
Seb
Highly Recommended
In these strange times I attended a Profession Scrum Master I course in a virtual setting. This in no way diminished the quality of the course. Steve and Andy obviously worked hard to make this as interactive as an in person count and succeeded. The content was well delivered and Steve and Andy are very experienced and very knowledgeable.
The course itself is very good. Well structured and certainly makes thinking and interacting a neccessity. Being new to Scrum my knowledge has grown a lot and I've got ideas and techniques to take back to my work place.
Deryck Thorp
Great Course- Definitely Recommended
Fantastic trainer, great content and really engaging across the board. I'd highly recommend this for all experiences- if you're just getting started on your product owner journey, up to just brushing up on the finer points.
Chris
Great Course, great Trainer!!
Steve delivers the content in a really fun and enjoyable way that allows the attendees to get real life learning.
Tony Stott
Easily the best course I've been on
This course was easily the best I've been on whilst in my IT career. It was the extra details that Steve brought to the learning experience that made all the difference, like moving us around the class, using different teaching methods and activities (rather than reading from a PowerPoint), giving real world and relatable examples and advising us on how to improve in our own roles.
William Evans
Excellent training
Excellent training ! Thanks Steve.
The final explanations about the assessments were a bit short.
And not clear enough about in which documentation do we have more Scrum Master information and in which more Product Owner information. But that's all. I would have given 4.5 Star if it would be possible.
And one additional remark about the delay of 14 days just before Christmas Holiday : as we are in an Agile training, it would have been "agile" to give us at least until 2. week of January to do the first attempt of the assessments !
Denis Grienenberger
PSM II - When great minds think alike..
A great course spent with like-minded people and delivered in a way that is thought provoking and challenging to our expected behaviour as a Scrum Master.
Tony Stott
PSK with Andy and Steve - brilliant experience.
I had a blast on my PSK course with Andy Hiles and Steve Trapp. As someone with less Scrum experience than some of the other attendees, I was made to feel welcome and the course content remained accessible throughout. Both instructors clearly enjoyed working together and worked hard to ensure that the group was cohesive and engaged throughout.
Myles
Really enjoyable course
Really enjoyable course. Well structured and went at a good pace.
Jdubens
Professional Scrum Product Owner Course
I attended the Professional Scrum Product Owner training course and it was really informative, well organised and an enjoyable course. The pace ensured we covered everything in enough detail and the exercises ensured it was engaging throughout. The trainers real life examples really helped to create discussion on the practicalities and challenges. Thank you.
Alex Newsome
Great interactive class
Great interactive class. Highly recommend
PaulAndrew
Steve and Andy were awesome
Steve and Andy complimented each others skills perfectly and I've returned to work with a strong drive to push forward with the scrum mindset. Absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in the world of Scrum.
Adam Eamonson
Insightful
The content and exercises to make the trainees think were a great experience.
Gagan Tyagi
Great course
Steve was great - very informative and engaging
Helene Fyffe
helpful
helpful, informtive
Katie Halewood
A must pass training
I was amazed by the training as realized the huge potential of scrum.
Very decisive training and fascinating.
Thomas BERDUGO
The two days were very interactive and…
The two days were very interactive and engaging which assisted immensely with learning the subject matter.
Claire Thomas
Well spent 3 days!
Great coach -Thank you Steve! Very interactive session with good practical examples - I liked it very much!
Carmen
Excellent coach
Excellent coach! Thank you Steve!
Martin Kretzer
Excellent course
Excellent course, very enjoyable and engaging. Steve is a brilliant trainer and I learnt a lot both through the formal material and how Steve bought it to life with his experience.
I'd really recommend this for anyone who is thinking about furthering their knowledge of Scrum or considering using Scrum as the delivery framework in their organisation.
Sarah Jayne Wright
Great content and practical exercises…
Great content and practical exercises delivered in a really engaging style. Andy and Steve worked hard to go beyond the core subject and make it accessible to all levels of experience in the room. Thoroughly recommended!
Geoff Goddard
Highly recommended
Engaging, informative and fun. I've been doing Scrum now for 4 years, but I still learned more than I ever thought I would. Would definitely recommend Steve Trapps to anyone wanting to learn more about Scrum.
Andrew S